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Saturday, March 23, 2013

ABOUT THE BOOK:Double, double, toil and trouble. Sometimes, the quest for high
school royalty can be deadly! In this emotionally-charged twist on
Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a self-conscious shutterbug named Skye
Kingston navigates a treacherous school year in Alaska fraught with
unspoken secrets and tragic twists of fate. Along the way she encounters
three strangely prophetic BFFs; one social-climbing, sociopathic
cheerleader; and a heart-stopping hottie named Craig MacKenzie: the man
who would be Prom King. Can Skye save the boy she loves — and herself —
before they get caught in the crosshairs?

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

KIM ASKEW: Kim has been in love with
Shakespeare's plays since middle school (and she's even dated several
Hamlet-types). Her mom is thrilled that Kim is finally putting her BA in
Renaissance Lit to good use.

A contributor to the anthology The
May Queen, Kim's writing has appeared in literary journals and other
publications, including the SoMa Literary Review, Kitchen Sink, and Elle
Magazine. She is currently working on her Master's thesis on Henry
James at Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles. With her friend and
Twisted Lit series co-author Amy, she writes the popular blog about
book-to-film adaptations, Romancing the Tome.

AMY HELMES: Amy Helmes is the author of Boys of a Feather: A Field Guide to North American Males and Voodoo You Love as well as collection of books for Cider Mill Press that includes The Bathtub Reader, The Good Wife Guide, The Good Husband Guide, Boyfriend Training Flashcards, The Wisdom of Nancy Drew, Lois Lane’s Guide to Life, Betty & Veronica, and Boyfriend Wisdom. She’s a West Coast news editor for the nationally published Soaps In Depth magazine,
has worked as a writing consultant for the Oxygen network and is a
weekly contributor to The Rundown, a free daily email service that keeps
subscribers informed about what’s new and cool in Los Angeles. She has
been sugarcoating Shakespeare from a young age, having rewritten Macbeth as an epic rhyming poem in junior high. She can still recite most of it by heart.

PRAISE FOR EXPOSURE:

"Death,
betrayal, ruthless plots to seize the "crown"—all the seeds of stage
tragedy take root and flourish in this clever modern-day homage to Macbeth." --Kirkus Reviews

"This haunting novel will keep you on the edge of your seat!" --Melissa Walker, author of Unbreak My Heart

"Authors
Askew and Helmes have created funny, sharp, and fast paced characters
in the midst of a hair raising story you won’t be able to put down.
Exposure makes you feel you as if the characters are speaking right to
you and you can’t wait to hear what they say."--Ann Garvin, author of On Maggie's Watch

"Exposure
is an intelligent, poignant, and riveting mash-up of Shakespearean
tragedy and high school politics, which, as it turns out, have a lot in
common." --Daria Snadowsky, author of Anatomy of a Boyfriend and Anatomy of a Single Girl

"Exposure clicked with me right away. I've never seen a Macbeth from the perspective of the Banquo character, much less a female Banquo... Equal parts teen drama and classic adaptation, I could definitely see this actually being a movie on par with 10 Things I Hate About You." --Caitlin Griffin, Education Administrative Assistant at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC

GIVEAWAY

I HAVE ONE COPY OF THIS2nd INTHE TWISTED LIT SERIES, EXPOSURE, TOGIVEAWAY TO ONE LUCKY WINNER!

--U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY
--NO P. O. BOXES
---INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
IN CASE YOU WIN!
--ALL COMMENTS MUST BE SEPARATE TOCOUNT AS MORE THAN ONE!HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY:COMMENT ON WHAT YOU READ ABOVE ABOUTEXPOSURETHAT MADE YOU WANT TO WIN THIS BOOK, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

+1 MORE ENTRY:BLOG AND/OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND COME BACK HERE AND LEAVE ME YOUR LINK

+1 MORE ENTRY:COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FIND INTERESTING AT KIM ASKEW AND AMY HELMES' WEBSITE HERE

+1 MORE ENTRY:COMMENT
ON ONE WAY YOU FOLLOW MY BLOG. IF YOU FOLLOW MORE THAN
ONE WAY, YOU CAN COMMENT SEPARATELY AND EACH WILL
COUNT AS AN ENTRY

+1 MORE ENTRY:COMMENT ON A CURRENT GIVEAWAY THAT YOU HAVE ENTERED ON MY BLOG. IF YOU ENTERED MORE THAN ONE, YOU MAY COMMENT SEPARATELY FOR EACH TO RECEIVE MORE ENTRIES

I followed the link from their site to the Huffington Post and read their interview. The authors are looking forward to doing King Lear and Henry IV. I wonder if they will do a Midsummer's Night Dream if that is already twistes enough.

Thanks to all!

Sadly, we will be saying good bye to Bookin' With Bingo early next month. Things just have been too hectic so we have chosen to close down with hopes for a new "BWB" someday. Thanks to all and KEEP READING!